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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1962-03-01, Page 2, • , COMMON(ER) TOUCH—Jor- dan's Prince Hassan, 15-year. Old brother of the king, at- tacks form work like a son of the soil at Daret Al Khair. seeteVefititei Pm" ,Of ,Makino. A 'Parking Problem. In the old hare, third step seciwee from the top as you went 17,40tet the grain room to the tie, t)iere . was a loose board.. The here bed been Around a good deal longer than .1 had, and the board was probably loose most of that time, so life on the farm WAS geared to it, ,I, believe this j* important. There are people in thin world who, having' a loose board, would set in motion a great program of restoration, and would fix the board. Hew much easier it was simp, ly to make mental note of the Metter, anti in all goings and comings to allow for it, Coming up or going down etairs was not impeded, and so long.as you eon- trived to miss that particular spot affairs proceeded in orderly fa-- shioo and no harm done, We all knew about the loose board, and had known all about it for years; Perhaps you are anticipating me, An uncle who was neat end orderly came home after many years in a far place, and the first time he used the stairway he no- ticed that a board was loose. He got a hammer and a couple of nails, and he fixed it. As a result my dear old Grand- father, passing that way in the evening to fondle a cow, miscued at the repaired step, not being aware that my uncle had fixed. things, and, fell the length of the. stairs, ramming his head into the milk pail and dumping three quarts of meal inside his shirt. This was the first time anybody had ever tripped and fallen bee cause of this board. The cow, ac- customed to the gentle approach. of my Grandfather, became al- armed when he arrived at 'her. side in this precipitous fashion, and climbed up in the manger and put her head under her arms, and refused to be consoled, This necessitated milking her in Gem Among Cloths ratite. inata4 It's rare to find a design so graceful, so beautiful—truly an heirloom of the future. Lace-stitch mesh in filet cro- chet—superb setting for roses, tulips, pansies. Pattern 537: chart; directions cloth 72x90 in string; 54x68 inches in No. 50, Send THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (stamps cannot be accepted, use postal note for safety) for this pattern to Laura Wheeler, Box 1, 123 Eighteenth St., New Toronto, Ont. Print plainly PATTERN NUMBER, your NAME and AD- DRESS. SeMetliing of a horizontal pos)- 'Um Which is dilifieult even with co-operation, and she was not co-operating. And, after all this work, it was disheartening to find that Grandfather had milk- ed her with his hat still in the pail. So, what with this and that, the evening was strained, and my uncle promised he would never fix anything again, The other ,day I stopped in the village to see if the merchants Were trading, and an unhappy gentleman attracted my ellen' time lie was holding a parking tieket in his hand and he said to me with a forced smile, "I stop three minutes to spend eight dollars and your policeman says 'Welcome!'" Our town needs parking rules and regulations the way Athens needs history, and the hard-times merchants along the main street need customers and friends, so I took the ticket from the man and said, "Go with fond memor- ies, sir, and return another time in confidence — this is a wretched mistake, our policeman , is young and ambitious, and he has just fixed the barn step," I remember one time Grand- father stepped into a now store to look the stock over, and it was a lovely store with a good stock, and the proprietor was proud, They shook hands and the proprietor said, "How do you like it?" "You won't last a year," said Grandfather, "Oh? Why not?" "Because there's no place out front to hitch a horse," History bore Gramp out; the store folded up within the year, Anyway, I talked to the police- man about this business of pick- ing on strangers in our midst, and found the police have an odd philosophy about the functions of society. In the first place, it was clear he had some kind of feeling that a motorist is by nature a heihous criminal, whose presence leads only to "viola- tions," and that stopping an automobile in the. village in or- der to pursue the business for which the village is set up is per se suspect. Parking, to him, ap- pears to be some kind of game in which he wins or loses ac- cording to the number of tickets he can give out. There is now a "problem." "You know," X said, "I've seen. Main Street on a Saturday with more horses and wagons parked on it than you have autos park- ed there now on a Saturday. There was no problem. Coming to town was a pleasant event that everybody looked forward to. We had more stores then, and they did good business and made money, You don't know that be- cause you aren't old enough. What would you do if some farmer came in here now with a team of horses and parked a hayrack in front of the cobbler shop?" Anyway, I gave the lad some- thing of a lecture, on the values -of being nice to people, and how important it is to have friends who want to come back. a gave him the ticket he had given the man, and he told me I'd have to pay the 50 cents charge, because it had been entered in the books and there was no way to "fix" it. "How would I know this man was a stranger?" he said. He said if I didn't pay the 50 cents he'd have to go find the man and bring him in. Besides, he said, what difference does it make if the man is a stranger or a resident if he still parked with his wheels more than eight inches from the curb. Yes — I paid the 50 cents, and I don't know why, But I had something of a som- ber feeling that a nice little back country town which has been negotiating its barn steps - safely for many years has had a board fixed, and we've just taken a header.—By John Gould in the Christian. Science Monitor. Tobacco. First Used As Medicine Parisians are now flocking to a fascinating exhibition called "Tobacco in Art, History a n d Life," which celebrates '400 years of French addiction to tobacco,, and 150 years since making and selling tobacco in France became a state monopoly. There is a splendid array of pipes, ancient and modern, drawn from more than sixty mu- seums and private collections throughout the world. Nineteenth-century creations 'include pipes with their bowls shaped like women's legs. One pipe, as a gesture of irony, has its bowl modelled on the head of Queen Victoria, who frowned on. smoking. No o n e dared put a pipe to his lips in her presence. It was Jean Nicot, when French ambassador to Portugal, who introduced tobacco to his native country. H e forwarded, under cover of secret dispatches, a few leaves to Catherine de Medici, wife of Henry II of France, as a cure for her head- aches. Their magic worked. The new panacea took Nicot's name, and eventually was classified as Ni- cotiana tabacum. Though it was soon smoked with delight, early devotees also sniffed it. In Paris and London, 300 years ago there were "Professors of the Art of Whiffling!' They ground their tobacco in finely carved wooden or ivory graters, then used the powdered leaf as if it were snuff. They said it was effective a g a i n s t flatulence, tooth and stomach aches. • In Britain today there is a craze for smoking quaint pipes. 01 d - fashioned churchwarden pipes may be resurrected if a re- vived Danish fashion catches, on. In Denmark, the foureand-a- half-foot-long soldier pipe, priz- ed by foreigners as an antique, is reappearing. This has a decorated porcelain bowl, six inches, deep,. and an inch wide at the month- Fuelled with specially manufactured to- bacco, it is regarded by Danes as an ideal companion for watch- ing television. The smoker rests the pipe be- tween his knees, with the bowl lying on the floor at his feet,, and puffs away contentedly with his eyes an the screen. His wife or daughter lights the pipe and keeps it fuelled. Danish soldiers used to smoke such pipes, in their barracks -- to steady their nerves. WHEN PLANES HAD TO CARRY HORNS. ! According to the new regula- tions, all airmen in France must be provided With navigation cer- tificates and with permits for their aircraft, Each machine must carry a visible registered number, arid must cone to land when invited to do so by sig- hale, which are to be arranged subsequently. Flights aver cities or Crowd.S a r e prohibited. No eitploSiVes, cameras, et radio apparatus may be carried without speetoal per- inisSicin. In the near future all aircraft will be exPetted to carry three lights —a white a n e in front, a greets end on the right, end a red One on the left. A horn Must be carried for use le foggy Weather, Aircraft are expected never to pass within 400 it, of each other. — From ':'.pit-tilts"'' January- 1D12, Ended. By Guns chle day last August, Ira Travis. Sutton,a, mid Walter Lee Han, eY' sawed t1ro utgwho. tillieoldbualps onireitihe; .cell in •the, Natehitoches, La., sail, and fled to Atlanta, At' almost exactly the same time., slender,. blue-eyed Katie Ruth. Gladden. quit her job irr.Dirming,ham for another in Atlanta. In Atlanta; Katie moved in with her cousin, P...Gladdeni\ and hia,wifeu Mai30,.A cee p 1 a of weeks latter, on the sidewalk front al 4h-J'briaddens' apartment building, Katie met' twi? men. .01,19 of them, a slim, dark-haired. man, introduced himself as Joe Patterson. jr,. .and his friend as Leo' Hanley, These were Sutton and. Haney, Sutton told Katie they were salesmen for a home- repair firm, and that they lived in the apartment next door.. • JustThefere Christmas, the ra- diant Katie. aceompanied. "Tee Patterson" to a justice of the peace to be married, • The newlyweds Set up . house- keeping in "Joe's"' apartment. "They'd come over for dinner every now and., then," said Mrs„ Gladden later, "and he always insisted on washing the dishes. He'd light your cigarettes for you and everything, just like a real gentleman." One eight recently Sutton told his bride, now two months preg- nant, that he was wanted by the .police. She begged him to sur- render but he and Haney fled; With ;ears streaming down her cheeks, Katie knocked at her cousin's door. "I married some- body who was in trouble with. the law," she wept, "I love him and I tried to get him to give. up, but he wouldn't" The next day, after telling the FBI what had happened, Katie went home to her parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. L. ,Gladden, who live on a Small cotton farm near Gadsden, Ala, .She made the trip with another' cousin, Gerald Jones, and his wife, Linda, in the gaudy, pink and coral 1956 DeSoto Sutton -had been driving. when Katie met him. Katie told her story to her parents, then decided to go to RUST' IN PEACE — Looks like a pair of old burnt-out televi- sion sets, but it is a scurptui-e called "Enclosed Space" ex- hibited' in London. Leesburg to visit an aunt. As, she packed, a tall, sandy-haired ETA agent named W. H. (Bill')) Majlor stood on al knoll near' the home. with a .30-caliber carbine under his. arnr,, keeping the house. ender surveillance. When the Joneses,, and Katie came out, and got into, the car, in the gloom of a rainy twilight, Major mistook Jones, for^ Sutton.: As the car started, the, FBI man leaped into the road in front of it arid tried to stop it. MajOr,, who said later that, he theught he was being, sunk down, jumped aside and opened fire,. Twenty-four slugs tore into the car. Wounded, Katie screamed: "It's a crazy =An and he's got a shotgun. Keep going." A short distance dawn the road, Jones. careened to a, halt, Not until he had caught up with the car did Major realize his fatal mistake. Katie, sleet six tunes, was dead. Mrs,. Jones had suf- fered a slight -wound in the thigh. Later, Katie's father pressed a first-degree murder charge againtt Major, arid the FBI agent was released On $3,000 bond. pending grand-juty 'actioe. A eeethet of 'three small children and an FBI' man .for Six .years, Major was obviously stunned, He told authorities he thought he heard shots; from the car, per- haps a backfire, but a relative of Katie Who had Witnessed the shooting, Mrs. 3,C. Gladden, said she heard no such sound. TWO days aftet Katie was butted, Ira Sutton and Haney: Were .captured by PEI' agents as they were driv- ing a Stbleti car on an Atlanta eXpresSWay. Net a shot was fired, ISSUE 11' 1962 Ross is still in the Sick Chil- dren's Hospital but I imagine he' will be out in a day or two. Joy has been staying at Dee's place so she could see Ross every day from three to six-thirty. In be- tween she was visiting the den- tist and finally came down. with an awful cold so at the week-end she and Cedric went home and Bob came along to keep Ross company during visiting hours over the week-end. And we have been busy too. Tuesday was our wedding anni- versary. Besides cards and gpod wishes we got a phone call from Montreal — from former neigh- bours whose anniversary was the same as our own. Generally we get together btit J — now has a government job and 'was leaving by air next day on a spedial as- signment in' Britain. ,So that was that. Next day two other, friends dropped in to spend the day with us so we 'celebrated all over again. We were so glad to see them as they, too, expect to be on the' move in a few weeks. Thursday I got a bit :of work done on my Tweedsmnir history. In the middle of that: fon., of our W.A.. members came along and wanted some sewing doneifor•the church. That:same night Partner was^ "baby-sitting" and had the pleasure of watching `a"hockey game on TV" Whibh *ended-in a two-all tie for Tdrontie an:di Bos- ton., Ever since. I , can remember the Leafs. and Bruins h .we• al- ways had a, battle royal hr every game they played'.., There Must be' a psychological :reason for' it. We can understand the' LeafS; las- ing to, Canadieriebut to the:lowly Betains . that's; anothee• story.. Iteeve-ver; we 'had 'Bea tasey"' to watch afterwards so) We, did get some pleasure from our TV' viewing; Friday` . Friday was One of those days you know. the phone startea iingibmg at eight-thirty fin the morning and there was, one call effeE VI:nether for the rest, of the day. 'We also had a couple of friends drop in for afternoon „tea and,before we had finished supper a rating Mother canna to let off' steareo about how awful . it was eto be shut in with two children all.day,.. long! During.the evening neigh bout Bill came along for a visit.' So now, who says' life' IS- thin its sub-divisidil? Saturday morning, inbetWeen chores, I Was ott the' phone chas hig a few leads la local. history'., After luhch I thought l• lie down just for .a little while — but 'slept until three. o'cloaki My eyes :vete still tired gild nib voice had alitiost given but after a busy but most enjoyable week; Eut COLD ? lute leieW zero every, thti oting except one. 1 didn't go out at all but Partner teak Taffy for a Short walk every day: Saturday night I had quite a time doing My Weekly accounts because With so huh's, counter-attractions I had Omitted Se-Vet-Ai daily entries and found friygelf five doltait Short. Did I hear someone say — "But why keep accounts? I couldn't be bothered." Well, I agree it is a bit of a chore but believe me it is well worthwhile. However, our accounting is not too rigid as we don't attempt to keep a bud- get. We spend according to what we can afford and by keeping track Of where the money goes we 'know pretty well what we can allow for extras. At the end of the year we know exactly what it has cost to heat the house, run the car pay taxes, keep food on the table and so on. The difference between income and expenditure during any cur- rent year is our guide to what we can allow for home improve- ments the ensuing year, The fact that we don't budget doesn't mean we are against it. It is wonderful for those who can do it, But we haven't enough pro- tection to make it work. Natur- ally we have hospital insurance but we are not eligible for P.S.I. which means our medical ex- penses could be. ;$I0 or they might be $500. If they run 'high that means less money available .for home improvements. Heat,, food' and cIOthing has to' be pro- vided for ITO) matterewhat„ but a paint job cart always wait an- other yeare, I am, telling you this so that anyone^ who doesn't keep ac- counts May be' tempted' to do so. They don't need to be complica- ted. Just get a three-column ac-. count book andel:take ,pp, a ,see 7 tem to suit equeseif. Summarize your expenditute Under ipecifid - headings each week, then you ran get. your total: at the end of the year with ree_ry little. trouble. I lust use at scratch pad,for, every day 12'54 end theraat the end of,, the week copy ealr ddv n 'into My account book under 'the, 'pro peer' hot it!'s,fee bore.' Ind saves. marry : an argument:. yOu seei in Mick andi white` you thay not realize JetiVe much you spend at the beatitike' parlor, OF; if you smoke, en cig,- amttes -- or Father on tobacco.- Helieve me, start ,keeping counts and,„yon'll,get.quite a„ few surprises — both kinds, goCeand bad too! +Wlry can't life's pr~diife"rds taw When We're eighteen IceOW“ '7f you doit't eat yam! cereal lion *Ont grow up to be a bit iiith like Daddy."' Something The ShoOdn't Forget!, Whatever the .Administration. reemrniends and Congress tie, eldest, •to do about. tariffs and track, with their eyes on the ex- panidiaeg. Furopeart Too no! n Coramemity, they had better not, lose' sight of our trade with, cCoani e $d e. oN40. toot equall igni ge ccoaunnatcli'ay. as A U.S, trading partner, This is one of the reasons, no. doubt, that five U.S, cabinet see, retaria met in Ottawa (recently) with four Canadian cabinet rain-. iterse ''N. two countries in world • history have ever had the same flow of goods across their eorn- bmyon4 bAordFer,ar"cii,;.waersoanre pir•eenissiiied aril.- cer for the Canadian embassy . "I don't think it is gene.rolly realized that trade with Canada has been greater than U.S. trade with the six countries that form- ed the Common Market. It is only with the proposed entry of Great Britain that the Com- mon Market Group equals the sum total of Canadian trade with the United States. Canada is also a larger market for U.S.. goods than all 20 countries of Latin America put together." Canada is a better customer for U.S, goods than all 20 na- tions of. Latin America, although overall U.S. trade with Latin America is slightly higher than that with. Canada, Over 50 per cent of Canada's exports go to the .United .States, and over 65 per cent of Canada's imports are from the United States. Canada's half - billion dollar deficit in trade with the United States is a problem which must be correlated. with such regional complaints as those in the North- west against Canadian lumber' imports. The President asked- for , authority to`• make across-the- board changes in tariffs,' rather than to negotiate changes .item- by-item as under the existing re- ciprocal trade act. We must be informed what effect such au- thority might have, not only on our ,regional' indu;trie's such as lumber, but On U.SeCanada^erade relations as a whole.—The (Port- land) Oregonian. Modern Etiquette By Anne Ashley Q. When a man is "invited /7 a woman to escort her to a dance, banquet, or some such affair, is it proper always for him to bring her a corsage? A. Only if the affair is 'to be a formal one, and he knows she is wearing an evening dress, Q. Is it considered' polite to refuse a cigarette someone has offered you, if you prefer your own brand? A, Yes; but refuse graciously, saying, "Thank you, but 1 have some." For Sunny Days PRINIED PATTERN EASV = just a straight Mt at' pleats swinging-eta, from "'the shoulder yoke. Let. Clang or wears this 'gly, style sashed at the waist or free. 10;lowei ern, broidety Li simple, so dainty. Printed Pattern !41:55te-O4iild4 Sites 2, 4, 6, (3.„Sioi.4. taks 11/a yards 8P-inch, Transfer included Send FIFTY 'CENTS Istatillos Cannot be accepted, tiSe' eke for safety) for this pattern, Please print plainly SlitEi, NAM;;,A 1.) s•s, STYLE NuMBEIt. Send order to ANNE ADAi'llgo FOX 1, 123 Eighteenth St., NOV. toteritei• Ont.' 4e," •••,* WIner,,,, ONNOCENT rettANDElkt this girt was one of id member* a wedding party injUrld when On SAO bOrrib exploded at the thy hail of COurbeViiik outside Par* SWINGING -- Using the movie props for her latest film, "The Children's Hour," actress Shirley MacLaine entertains herself with a swinging session near Hollywood,